Engineering microporous ethane-trapping metal–organic frameworks for boosting ethane/ethylene separation

The pore size and low-polarity pore surface are systematically engineered within a series of C₂H₆-selective MOF materials for targeting high C₂H₆ uptake capacity, high C₂H₆/C₂H₄ selectivity and moderate C₂H₆ adsorption heat simultaneously.